John Lancaster: The Great Air Race

In 1919, the forerunner to the United States Air Force, the Air Service, staged an audacious transcontinental air race. While flying coast to coast had never really been done before, the head of the Training and Operations Group, Brigadier-General Billy Mitchell. Decided that making it a round-trip race would be even better than just going one way. So in October 1919, using war surplus aircraft, including British and German single-seat Scouts, the great air race began. Former Washington Post Foreign Correspondent and pilot John Lancaster has retraced the roots of men like Tooey Spaatz and the 'Flying Parson', Belvin Maynard, back and forth across the United States and his new book. The Great Air Race.To learn more and John, visit his website at: https://www.johnlancasterauthor.com/Follow John on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/JohnKLancasterFollow John on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/JohnLancasterAuthor/Check out all our social media channels at: https://www.damcasterspod.comJoin the fun on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and grab some merch. Check out the link below for more info.The Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.